BLUMENTHAL v. BLUMENTHAL

[No. 404, September Term, 1969.]

258 Md. 534 (1970)

266 A.2d 337

BLUMENTHAL v. BLUMENTHAL

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton E. Rome for appellant.

Stanford G. Gann, with whom were Levin, Gann & Hankin on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.


SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Here we have a situation in which the wife had grounds for divorce a vinculo matrimonii but elected to sue the husband only for alimony. He does not contend that his wife failed to establish him guilty of the conduct charged. Instead he claims the "clean hands" maxim of equity bars the wife from any relief, that her conduct amounts to constructive desertion and that she has sufficient assets of her own to make...

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